Medium severity · published Dec 3, 2020
CVE-2018-21270
Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the…
6.5
CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Versions less than 0.0.6 of the Node.js stringstream module are vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read because of allocation of uninitialized buffers when a number is passed in the input stream (when using Node.js 4.x).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
before 0.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21270
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21270
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/mhart/StringStream/issues/7
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/321670
Exploit
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/664
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